Beck Trial Update – Trial Delayed Again

Updating a story we’ve been following on KRMS News – a 27 year old Camden County manslaughter suspect’s trial which was expected to begin on Monday has been delayed again – this time against his wishes.

27 year old Dereck Beck of Osage Beach is accused of causing the drug-overdose death of his mother in January 2021.

Beck is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter for his mother’s death accused of giving his mother a drug-cocktail that investigators say he made with illicit ingredients leading to her death.

Beck had originally been scheduled for trial last September, but the prosecution requested and was granted a continuance.

Monday the prosecution again asked for a continuance and Judge Matthew Hamner granted it despite the objections of Beck and his attorneys.

He’s now now scheduled for a trial to begin on February 9th.

Beck’s girlfriend, Morgan Walters, was also charged.

But her case has been closed to the public.